The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-02

Arunor IL current at q. Cloud, Mime.
sou. that =. b. Nofse, z prominent young
ATTORNEY, agent Of the Minnesota Loan and
Trust company, and president Of the E. q.
Morse Mortgage Loan company, Of that city,
has decamped. Parties we'll informed on his
Affairs, state that his shortage will foot up
from $4,000 to $4,000.
ALscon. NJ, special says: Monday night
an attempt BY tao young mechanics to make
white powder BY mixing unknown ingredients
In . mortar, resulted In an explosion heard .
mile and . half away. One Of the two men,
McDaniels by name, was killed outright, and
the other, G. Webb, was fatally injured.
Draper & Webb's drug store, In which they
were at work, Is . total wreck.
1t is probable that the loss Of the rice crop
In South Carolina will exceed $10o,0)n. An
estimate was made two weeks ago, and there
Is a very serious question now before the rice
planters. It is what disposition to make Of
the negroes ON their plantations until the
first OF next year. There ts no way for them
to earn . living, and IL nothing is done for
them during the next four months they will
starve.
A horrible accident occurred Thursday
morning at Thomas brakes planning mill in
Evansville, Ohio. "Jimmien Drake, as he was
known, aged about thirty.i unmarried, son
OF the proprietor and assistant foreman Of the
mill. while attempting to replace q belt on .
shaft, fell with his breast on the cutoff saw,
which cut . cash ten inches long M eight
deep through the ribs and heart, protruding
his vItals and causing instant death.
The second trial Of DR.. wier, at East rawas,
Michigan, resulted in a verdict Of snot
guilty" The jury in the first trial disagreed.
Dr. Wier, Of Ausablc and Oscoda, was &C.
cused of killing Mabel Clark, a latiant at a
private hospital that he conducted. The
charges, which were very sensational and
which created q great deal Of excitement In
the cities, set forth that he had taken criminal
advantage Of her condition. Tue women of
the locality are greatly incensed.
The middle section Of Sandy creek bridge,
ten miles east Of Denver, was washed out
Wednesday night by a food. The cast bound
Union Pacific express was wrecked at the
bridge. Engineer Masterton was killed and
two or thee other train men seriously in.
tured. The fireman. who jumped before the
engine dropped into the creek, says that
neither himself or the engineer noticed that
the bridge was. gone until they were almost
upon 1t.
Dcadwood society is exercised over the re.
turn Of indictments by the grand jury
against many of the leading business, politt.
cal and legal lights, for fornication. These
men have kept mfstrcsses openly a number OF
years, and once before an effort was male to
indict them, but failed. The success this
time is popularity attributed to the fact that
the respectable ladies of the place, tired of
the state of affairs, exercised their influence
In the matter with the above result.
On Wednesday hight Samuel Gaun, a
wealthy farmer near St. Joseph, Missouri,
was attacked by an assassin as he was at his
we'll for a bucket of water. On being ordered
to hold up his hands, Mr.. Gaun struck at his
assailant with the bucket, when tac villain
fired, the ball taking effect in the right breast
and passing entirely through his body, lodg-
Ing under the skin near the back bone. Two
other shots were tired, one OF whichtook effect
in the abdomen. Robbery was the probable
motive, but other members of the family
frightened away the robbers.
Wednesday morning j. +. Riley, an Omaha
Bee reporter, was arrested by Detective Ne.
ltgh on n telegram Of instruction from Pink.
erton's detective agency. Riley was charged
with the cmbczzlemcnt Of $4,000 from the
Union Trust company, of PHILADELPHIA. After
his arrest Edward L. Perkins, counsel and d.
rector of the Union Trust company, arrived,
and as soon as he saw Riley said he was not
the man wanted. Riley was released. He at
once brought suit against the Trust company
tor $4,000 damages, personal service being
secured on Perkins, the conpany's agent.
Mayor Francis, of st. Louis, received
definite information from the White house on
the subject Of the presidents visit to 81.
Leuis. The presidential larsy will arrive
Saturday evening, October /, direct from
Washington. They will be met at the depot
and escorted to the Southern. Sunday he
will attend services at one of the Presbyterian
churches. Monday he will visit the fair, and
in the evenings public reception will take
place. Tuesday he VIII visit the public bui.d-
ipgs, and In the evening he will witness the
parade n ball of the Yelled Prophets. AT
midnight he will take q special train for
Chicago.
The Will OF the late Levi Rosenfcld was pro.
hatcd at Chicago Monday. The will is dated
December 3, 1883, and gives Maurice and
Harry, the two sons, handsome amounts in
personal property and they get the realty,
but u coGical dated June &c, 1887, directs that
al requests to Maurice be revoked and that
all such be void, being made to his wife, ard
TO be made from the control Of his creditors.
sae is directed to pay over to him from time
to time such sums as is necessary to maintain
him in the station to which ne had been &C.
customed, all to be from the control by cred
ito-s. A larger portion of the estate is left to
the widow, with numerous btquests to chill.
dren, grandchildren and charitable institu.
tions.
John Cartwright, a noted desperate Of Wet.
gel county, was aseassinatcd while standing
within o few PAGES Of his W door We.nes.
day. At : O'Clock Cartwright was standing
With his back toward a tree. A man Carrying
a rife appeared upon the ridge. above the
house, levelcd his gun and fired OF &c Cartwright
the bail passing through his body, instantly
killing him. The stranger, after firing the
shot, extricated the empty shell from the